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I don’t know if this a generally accepted definition, but to me spirituality is guided only by direct first-hand experience, while religion is a set of beliefs

I don’t know if this a generally accepted definition, but to me spirituality is guided only by direct first-hand experience, while religion is a set of beliefs from some other humans or books written by humans. Spiritual teachers are trying to point you towards firsthand experiences, as opposed to just asking you to believe what they say. Obviously there is some crossover between the two - spiritual teachers might be a bit religious and vice versa.

RobertRoberts 5y ago
"Spritualism" is just as man made as people claim "religion" is man made. Some verses in the bible that indicates that the "chrisitian" religion is _not_ based on man made ideas, but instead flies in the face of them: > "If anyone thinks himself to be religious, yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this person's religion is worthless." > "Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world." I think that using an argument of "spiritual" vs "religion" is a justification, not a fact.
- redis_mlc 5y ago
  To understand spirituality, walk into the middle of a national park and just stand there for 5 minutes. It makes you understand why early tribes worshipped nature - it's beautiful, powerful, humbling and eternal, unlike anything man-made. Regarding organized religion, I think some prophets had worthwhile things to say, and some didn't. The remarkable thing about the Old Testament is how accurately it depicts both human evolutionary biology and early human civilization as understood today. Archaeology over the past 200 years basically confirms what it says. I would agree that it's the greatest book ever written. Marxism/Communism has tried to replace the Ten Commandments with an alternate doctrine for the past 100 years, and has failed miserably.

RobertRoberts 5y ago

"Spritualism" is just as man made as people claim "religion" is man made. Some verses in the bible that indicates that the "chrisitian" religion is _not_ based on man made ideas, but instead flies in the face of them: > "If anyone thinks himself to be religious, yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this person's religion is worthless." > "Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world." I think that using an argument of "spiritual" vs "religion" is a justification, not a fact.

redis_mlc 5y ago
To understand spirituality, walk into the middle of a national park and just stand there for 5 minutes. It makes you understand why early tribes worshipped nature - it's beautiful, powerful, humbling and eternal, unlike anything man-made. Regarding organized religion, I think some prophets had worthwhile things to say, and some didn't. The remarkable thing about the Old Testament is how accurately it depicts both human evolutionary biology and early human civilization as understood today. Archaeology over the past 200 years basically confirms what it says. I would agree that it's the greatest book ever written. Marxism/Communism has tried to replace the Ten Commandments with an alternate doctrine for the past 100 years, and has failed miserably.